BERBER
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Arab-Berber Moorish kingdoms
Northwest Africa, 711 Spain
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778
Moors turned back at Tours France
by Franks and Arab Abbasid allies
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Rediscovery of Classical Western
knowledge by Moorish scholars
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Ummayad Moors continue till 1258
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Moors continue in small regional
kingdoms till final expelled 1492
Cultural Influences
